Friday took him to Niagara Falls. Been here one year and was going back on the Sunday and he did not visit Niagara. I said you're less than an hour away and the GO train or bus will take you there. He said he would want someone to come with him so they can take photos of him. He also only went to Downtown Toronto once, which was for some visa thing. However, he had been to Canada years before and did visit Downtown more than once that time. He really only stayed home or went for a 15 minute run to the same lakeshore park by his rental. Other than that it was just me taking him fishing. I've seen multiple cases of people travelling far and completely bypassing the places you would think a visitor would want to see.
First stop was a rest stop. The water fountain was out of order. I've posted about this before where I see things like this just sitting abandoned. Often it's a water fountain. Appreciate that they are adding to the decor and with something unique, but if they hadn't, would anyone care? I see it more and more now that places just don't bother fixing them or they'll stay like that for months and months.
Then went to Bass Pro to show him the fish tank with the Canadian species and... it was empty. Had to settle for the taxidermy.
Then went to Firemen's Park to try and get him his first carp only to find the park under construction and the pond drained to one foot of water. No fish to be seen. And the previous night I made carp dough balls with cornmeal, flour and jello powder. Also brought shrimp and worms.
And like has been a common theme this summer, where rare things are happening in multiples, I've only been stuck by lift bridges twice here at home. Maybe three times. On Friday it happened twice. Once over the Welland Canal and once by the Burlington Lift Bridge. Much time wasted sitting in the car doing nothing.
And it's not like I've seen a tonne of snapping turtles before, but this was the third time in four outings we saw Bowser and once again, we were feeding him.
Since it was his last couple days in Canada, it was very befitting to down some shots of maple syrup.
While walking on Clifton Hill, we bumped into Wheelchair Rick. He's a local legend. Every day he bombs it down Clifton Hill at full send through traffic.
And like I mentioned back in May about the signs on Niagara Parkway saying to watch for mist on the road or whatever, this visit was a perfect example of the micro climate created by the Falls. As we walked closer it started getting wetter and wetter. And then like for the last 20 yards of the wet zone, it was very windy and actually cold. Then you crossed an imaginary line and boom, it was sunny, warm and calm again. You can see in one of the pics the exact dividing line between wet and dry. And on the walkway from Table Rock Centre to the Incline, over the road, it's hard to tell, but you can see on one side the road is dry and on the other side it's drenched.
And on the way home, went to get him his first largemouth bass, the king of sport fish. Stopped at Dil's Lake and fished the edge of the lily pads. These sizes are amazing for your first bass. They fight like hell so it was anything like my first time, it felt like you hooked a mack truck once it starts fighting.
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